Siding-marker.



No. 678,269. Patented July 9, 90L. J. B. MOSS.

SIDING MARKER.

Application filed May 1, 1801.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN B. MOSS, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS.

SIDING-IMARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of'Letters Patent NO. 678,269, dated July 9,1901.

Application filed May 1, 1901. Serial No. 58,373. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. Moss, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Morris, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Siding- Marker, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in siding-markers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofgages or devices for marking boards for cutting the same and siding ahouse and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient siding-markeradapted to make a clean-cut line across the siding and having the sharpedges of theblade arranged in the same plane as the gage-faces of themarker to enable a perfectly close joint to be made.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a siding-markerconstructed in ac-v cordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a do: tailview of a portion of the marker, illustrating the manner of mounting theslide. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4; is a detailperspective View of the slide.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

1 designates the body of the marker, composed of bars 2 and 3,preferably constructed of wood and forming the guide for a slide 4:,which carries a blade 5. The bar 2 is pro.- vided at itsendswithprojecting arms 5, having inner fiat faces 6 to fit against thecorner board 7 of the structure and forming a recess 8 for the receptionof a siding-board 9, thebody being adapted to straddle the latter, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. The bar 3 isprovided at its ends with projections 10, and it has an interveningrecess 11, forming a longitudinal opening for the reception of theslide4:. The ends of the bar 3 are secured to the bar 2 by screws 12 or othersuitable fastening devices, and the said bar 3 is provided with a.longitudinal recess 13, located between the pro-' jections 10 andforming a thin inwardly-projecting rib or flange 1 1, which fits in agroove 15 of the slide t. The slide 4., which consists of a block, isprovided near one end With the groove 15, which is sufficiently greaterin width than the rib 1a to permit the slide to have an inward andoutward movement for the purpose of carrying the blade 5 into and out ofengagement with the siding strip or board 9 and to withdraw the blade toa point within the longitudinal opening of the body. The outer portionof the block extends to the side face of the bar 3, and the inner end 16of the block is recessed or cut away adjacent to the groove 15, asclearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to receive the bar 3. The blade 5, whichextends entirely across the block, is mounted in a recess thereof and isprovided with a beveled cutting edge which is curved or corrugated toform a series of projecting approximately segmental cutting portions 17,which are adapted when drawn across the face of a siding-board to make aclear sharp The outer face of the blade is flush with the adjacent faceof the block and, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, is arranged in the sameplane as the faces 6 of the projecting arms, so that the cut will enablea perfectly close joint to be made.

It will be seen that the marker is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it is conveniently operated, and that it is adaptedto make aclean sharp cut and will enable perfectly close joints to bemade around Windows and doors and at the corners and other portions of astructure.

What I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a bodycomposed of the bar 2, provided with arms and the bar 3 having alongitudinal recess forming an opening, said bar 3 being also providedwith a reducedportion or rib, a slide arranged in the said opening andprovided with a groove receiving the rib and permitting the slide tohave an inward and outward movement, and a blade mounted on the slideand adapted to be carried into and out of the body by the movement ofthe slide, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described compris- IOO ing a body having anopening, a slide mounted in the opening and capable of a limited in-'Ward and outward movement, and a corrugated blade mounted on the slideand forming a series of segmental cutting portions, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN B. MOSS.

Vitnesses:

J. W. MOKINDLEY, E. T. GRYDER.

